Nick Holt - Senior Analyst - Offense - Football Support Staff

Nick Holt

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Senior Analyst - Offense

Nick Holt, a veteran defensive coordinator with more than 30 years of experience at the collegiate level, enters his first season as an offensive analyst on the Texas Tech staff.

In his role, Holt will assist offensive coordinator Sonny Cumbie and the Red Raider coaching staff, providing advance scouting of opponents while also tracking in-game tendencies. He joins defensive analyst Art Valero on Texas Tech's analyst staff, giving head coach Matt Wells a pair of veteran voices with more than 30 years at either the collegiate or professional levels.

Holt arrives in Lubbock following one season as the head coach of the Varese Skorpions, a professional team in Italy. Prior to that, he was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Purdue for three seasons (2017-19) where he helped lead the Boilermarkers to two bowl appearances and memorable wins over No. 2 Ohio State and No. 19 Iowa in 2018.

Holt has 19 years of experience as a defensive coordinator at the collegiate level with previous stops at Western Kentucky (2013-16), Washington (2009-11), USC (2006-08) and Idaho (1994-97). He was also the defensive coordinator for the Vandals during his two seasons as head coach from 2004-05.

His tenure at Idaho split two different stints at USC as he was the linebackers coach from 2001-03 before returning as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach in 2006. The Trojans claimed the 2003 national championship and five Pac-10 titles during his six combined seasons on staff, which resulted in a 63-14 overall record during that time.

Overall, Holt has coached in 17 bowl games during his career, including seven BCS bowls. He has additional experience as the defensive line coach at both UNLV (1988-89) and Louisville (1998-2000) and as the recruiting coordinator at Arkansas in 2012.

A native of San Jose, California, Holt was a four-year letterwinner, a two-time captain and Most Valuable Player as a linebacker at the University of the Pacific. He was named to the Associated Press All-West Coast team in 1984 and 1985 and was an honorable mention All-American in 1985.

Holt graduated from Pacific in 1986 with his bachelor's degree in political economics. He and his wife, Julie, have two adult sons, Nick and Ben. Ben Holt was a linebacker under his father at both Western Kentucky (2015-16) and then Purdue (2019).